- Title
- Lived experiences of people living with HIV and hypertension with regard to disease management in the Eastern Cape
- Creator
- Tokwe, Lwandile
- Subject
- HIV-positive persons -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Hypertension -- South Africa -- Treatment Chronic diseases -- Treatment Patient compliance Public health
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MCur
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/43765
- Identifier
- vital:37045
- Description
- Globally, approximately 36.9 million people in 2017 were reported to be living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) across the world. In South Africa, 7.52 million people in 2018 were reported to be living with HIV. In light of the increased life expectancy among people living with HIV (PLWH), which is attributed by availability and enrolment to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART), chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) compound the management of HIV in PLWH. South Africa is encountering a burden of communicable diseases and NCDs, in particular, the co-morbidity of HIV and hypertension (HTN). The aim of the study was to explore and describe the lived experiences of people living with HIV and HTN with regard to disease management in the Eastern Cape. Qualitative research design was used and amongst its methods, Husserl’s descriptive phenomenological method was utilized to explore the lived experiences of the participants. The Health Belief model was the theoretical framework that underpinned the study. The study was conducted at Sakhisizwe sub-district located in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The target population were adults living with HIV and HTN who were accessing care from Primary Health Care (PHC) clinics and who met the researcher’s inclusion criteria. A purposive sampling method was used and nine participants were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. The data was analysed using Giorgi’s (1985) phenomenological method of data analysis which facilitated the emergence of the themes from the data. Four themes and 14 subthemes emerged. The participants reported that they experienced illness-related stigma, support of different influential people, self-love in the form of taking ownership of the diseases, experience of creating self-care practices and transforming lifestyle modification behaviours. Recommendations for clinical practice were made to support the professional nurses in the management of the HIV and HTN in the PHC setting. The study findings reflected the lived experiences of the patients of the selected setting and was conducted only in one province rather than in the entire South Africa.
- Format
- xvi, 169 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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